imaginary的词源

英文词源

imaginary (adj.)

"not real," late 14c., ymaginaire, from imagine + -ary; or else from Late Latin imaginarius "seeming, fancied," from imaginari. Imaginary friend (one who does not exist) attested by 1789.

中文词源

imaginary：想象的

来自imagine,想象。

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imaginary：想像的，虚构的

词根词缀： imagine想像(e略) + -ary